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Jan 6, 2016 · McGwire, in his 10th and last attempt to gain entry into the Cooperstown shrine, finished with 12.3 percent of the vote. • Complete Hall of Fame coverage McGwire has never been named on more than 23.7 percent of the ballots since he became eligible in 2007.
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McGwire is one of 10 finalists on this year’s Today’s Game Era ballot that will be considered by the committee on managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The 16-person committee will vote on Dec. 4 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Md.
That said, McGwire’s JAWS score doesn’t explain how his BBWAA ballot percentages have tracked in his nine years of eligibility ... As you can see, McGwire has never come close to the 75 ...
- Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire Both Have Hall of Fame Credentials
- Both Are Tied to Performance-Enhancing Drugs
- How Close Have Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire Come to The Hall of Fame?
Under normal circumstances, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire would likely both have been first-ballot Hall of Famers. In 16 years with the Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals, Mark McGwire was a 12-time MLB All-Star, the 1987 American League Rookie of the Year, a five-time home run leader, a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and won a World Series...
During that famed ’98 season, Mark McGwire admitted to using androstenedione, an over-the-counter muscle enhancer that had been banned by numerous sporting organizations. But, at the time, Major League Baseball was not one of them. But that certainly wasn’t the only product he was using at the time. In 2010, McGwire admitted to using steroids off a...
To be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, a candidate must receive 75% of the vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America. A player is eligible to be on the ballot for 10 years, unless they receive less than five percent of the vote at any time, at which point he falls off the ballot until 16 years after his retirement. If t...
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Jan 5, 2012 · Mark McGwire gained an earned sense of fame. He ended his career with 583 home runs, which was the fifth most in baseball history. He broke 50 home runs for four consecutive seasons, gaining ...
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Jan 6, 2010 · Craig Calcaterra. Published January 6, 2010 11:34 AM. I was being facetious when I said earlier this afternoon that Mark McGwire simply needs to talk about the past in order to get into the Hall of Fame. Bob Ryan is serious: If he ever holds a press conference in his new gig as batting coach of the Cardinals, and if he answers the questions, he ...
Dec 15, 2015 · One of the leaders in power metrics the generation before McGwire was Dave Kingman, a man who compiled just 20.4 fWAR in his career and unsurprisingly fell off the Hall of Fame ballot in his first year of eligibility.
